Potential Master’s Degree Programs Master’s Degrees that can help further your career in the Department of Health By: Rachel Betz

Masters of Public Health A graduate program in Public Health focuses on the biological, physical and chemical factors that affect the health of a community, as well as the planning, policy analysis and administration of health programs. Graduates with a masters or PhD degree in public health may become public policy directors, directors of health, economics and pricing, senior public health advisors and more.

Masters of Public Health University of the Sciences in Philadelphia The USP master's in public health (MPH) provides you with the knowledge, practical training, and analytical skills you need to realize your full potential in improving public health. Through the MPH you focus on areas such as: Assuring public health through access to high-quality prevention and health promotion Tracking epidemics to their source, such as bird flu-like illnesses Creating educational campaigns to combat childhood obesity by encouraging healthy lifestyles Advocating for improved health policies through both regulatory and legislative channels

Masters in Marketing Graduate programs in Marketing Business teach students to target a specific population or group in order to more efficiently sell a product. Graduates with an MBA or PhD degree in marketing business can enter careers as directors of marketing, consumer advocates, advertising executives and more. Masters in Marketing can enhance your career in the Department of Health because it gives you more experience and education when it comes to advertising and strategizing seminars and screenings.

Masters in Marketing Northcentral University Online Masters Degree A distance learning degree program that generally prepares individuals to undertake and manage the process of developing consumer audiences and moving products from producers to consumers. Includes instruction in buyer behavior and dynamics, principle of marketing research, demand analysis, cost-volume and profit relationships, pricing theory, marketing campaign and strategic planning, market segments, advertising methods, sales operations and management, consumer relations, retailing, and applications to specific products and markets. Marketing is a great background to have because it prepares you with many of techniques you will use in the Department of Health

Master’s in Exercise Physiology Focuses on the scientific study of the physiological processes involved in physical or motor activity, including sensorimotor interactions, response mechanisms, and the effects of injury, disease, and disability. The degree includes instruction of: – muscular and skeletal anatomy molecular and cellular basis of muscle contraction – neurophysiology of motor mechanics – systemic physiological responses (respiration, blood flow, endocrine secretions) – fatigue and exhaustion – muscle and body training – physiology of specific exercises and activities, physiology of injury – and the effects of disabilities and disease.

Master’s of Exercise Physiology West Virginia University Exercise physiologists work to prevent or delay the onset of chronic disease in healthy participants or to provide therapeutic or functional benefits to patients with diseases Services may be offered in a variety of medical settings such as hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and out-patient clinics, in community, corporate, commercial and university fitness and wellness centers, in nursing homes and senior citizens centers, as well as in research and academic settings Exercise Physiology is a great background to have for the Department of Health because it teaches you how to help prevent disease and improve the lifestyle of a community or the wellness of an individual in assisted living or the hospital setting